ANNUAL 2016-2017 Your Destination for the Past, Present, and Future of Art
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ANNUAL 2016-2017 Your destination for the past, present, and future of art. Table of Contents 2 Introduction 8 Institute Faculty and Fields of Study 13 Institute Staff 14 The Institute | A Brief History 17 Honorary Fellowship 18 Faculty Accomplishments 22 Faculty Spotlight 24 Current Research 30 Student Voices 38 Special Projects 41 Contemporary Art at the Institute 50 Alumni in the Field 56 Study at the Institute 59 Institute Supported Excavations 62 Course Highlights 68 Institute Graduates 74 Public Programming 88 Support The Institute Art History and Archaeology The Conservation Center The James B. Duke House The Stephen Chan House 1 East 78th Street 14 East 78th Street New York, NY 10075 New York, NY 10075 Tel: (212) 992 5800 Tel: (212) 992 5847 [email protected] [email protected] Inside cover: Installation view of the Great Hall Exhibition featuring “Rejuvenate and Repeat” by Lucy Kim. Welcome from the Director he task of the Annual is to offer an The Annual is a chorus of individual voices, overview of the past academic year wonderfully orchestrated by Jenni Rodda T and a glimpse of the coming academic who acted as compiler, and presented by program, with a taster of the 2017- 2018 Jason Varone, who designed the issue. course offerings. What is recalled here is There are contributions from all of the but a sampling of an eventful year, which departments and sectors of the Institute, can be enriched by visiting various sections which I gratefully acknowledge on behalf of of the Institute website to learn more about our readers. our current students, our alumni, our faculty, and lectures, seminars, and other research I acknowledge with even more profound activities. The video archive will allow you to gratitude the generosity of spirit and the drop in on some of the talks and conferences dedication of the entire Institute, which has which occupied most evenings and a number made my tenure as Director such a privilege. of days throughout the year. There are 2016-2017 has been an unsettling time in 2 also accounts of our expanded program of ways that extend well beyond our campus The Institute of Fine Arts Annual 2016-2017 Arts The Institute of Fine exhibitions – the student-curated Great Hall – a time of transition at many levels. The installations and Duke House series of art arduous and complex task of appointing on the walls, and the library case exhibitions a new director occupied the Institute for curated by alumna Lisa A. Banner. The a great portion of 2016. Thanks are due dynamic combination of contemporary works, to the Institute members of the search most of them site specific, highlights the committee, the chair Edward Sullivan, with Institute’s role in the discourse and display of Thomas Crow, Jonathan Hay, Clemente contemporary art. There is a further installation Marconi, Michele Marincola, and Thelma of plastics in the Conservation Center – Thomas, who steered the Institute through inspired by our Judith H. Praska Distinguished the challenging process that led to the Visiting Professor in Conservation, Thea B. appointment of Professor Christine Poggi van Oosten (known as the “Queen of Plastics”) from the University of Pennsylvania, who is and organized by Thea with her seminar profiled here on page 16. Honored to have students. This group of objects, representing been the Institute’s director, I am equally the history of the material and its particular honored to be a member of its faculty, to problems of damage and degeneration, also have taught and to teach its outstanding demonstrates the Institute’s unique place in students, and to have the delight of being training conservators to deal with modern and part of this gifted community and sharing its contemporary art – a place doubly affirmed by commitment to the signal importance and the Mellon-sponsored initiative in creating a enduring value of the arts. curriculum in time-based media, colloquially known as “art with a plug.” Being contemporary in what we study, what Patricia Rubin we do, and what we are, is much more than a Judy and Michael Steinhardt Director chronological focus. It is an intellectual position. The Institute of Fine Arts It is the way that we acknowledge our place as historians, our role as educators and researchers in the twenty-first century, even as we delve deep into the past – literally at our excavations and metaphorically in our teaching and writing about art from prehistory to the modern age and around and across shifting geographical boundaries. The pages of the Annual amply prove that exciting range, and even a glance at our course offerings reinforces the point. Message from the Chair nother year has passed at the Institute curator-led exhibition tours our members have the where students, faculty, visiting opportunity to be surrounded by individuals as A scholars and all those dedicated to the passionate as they are about the arts. advancement of art history, art conservation, and archaeology have come together to share Across the globe the Institute’s alumni community their knowledge and discoveries contributing sets the bar high for art world leadership. We are to an ongoing, vibrant dialogue in the arts. I fortunate to have such a talented and hard-working am honored to be a part of the Institute where group of graduates who also provide generous globally recognized scholars, gifted students, support for current Institute students following and talented alumni are the driving force in in their footsteps. It is thanks in part to the sheer today’s art world in and beyond the classroom. reputation of Institute alumni that our school Join me as we review the past year and continues to be a driving force in today’s visual arts celebrate our plans for the future. world. 4 This year we had the pleasure to welcome Each year, the Institute offers over 100 programs Maddalena Paggi-Mincione as the newest member that are free and open to the public making 1 East The Institute of Fine Arts Annual 2016-2017 Arts The Institute of Fine of the Board of Trustees. An alumna who received 78th Street a cultural destination almost every night her MA and PhD from the Institute, Maddalena of the week. Our engagement in the contemporary spent eleven years in New York studying art realm was realized at the Institute through nine archaeology and the history of art, and completed contemporary art exhibitions this past year as part her dissertation on Etruscan bronzes in 2005. She of the Duke House and Great Hall Exhibitions, and received her bachelor’s degree in 1996 from NYU’s Lisa Banner’s Great Hall display cases. Each of College of Arts and Science. Maddalena has a these exhibitions brings our historic interiors into wealth of experience in archaeology and art history an active dialogue with contemporary art. You can and, as an alumna, a strong understanding of the learn more by visiting the website under the banner needs of the Institute. We are extremely pleased to The Institute: On Display. have her join us. The tremendous growth and success of the We are profoundly grateful for the support provided Institute’s academic and public programs over by each donor who has participated in the the past eight years has been a direct reflection Institute’s $50 million Momentum Campaign, which of the outstanding work of Patricia Rubin, who has been extended for another year to maximize will be stepping down from the Judy and Michael the impact of funding for the University’s students. Steinhardt Directorship this year. On behalf of the Contributions toward this campaign continue to Trustees and all members of the Institute family, I grow, offering a bright future for our ambitious thank Pat for her tireless dedication and brilliant students. A special thanks goes out to alumni and leadership. With the arrival of the fall semester, friends who have included the Institute in their the Institute will welcome Christine Poggi who will estate planning. It is an honor to recognize these join us from the University of Pennsylvania as the donors as part of the Institute’s Legacy Society. ninth Director of the Institute of Fine Arts. We are We are determined to fulfill our highest aspirations delighted to welcome Christine and look forward to for this campaign as it allows the Institute to introducing her to each one of you. attract and retain some of the most talented students in the fields of art history, archaeology, Leadership at the Conservation Center will also and conservation, and we invite you to join us in change hands in the coming year as Hannelore support of this initiative as we strive to meet this Roemich passes the reins over to Margaret goal. Holben Ellis, who will assume the Chairmanship in September. A special thanks to Hanne for her Our Connoisseurs Circle members continue skillful direction of the Conservation Center over to provide vital fellowship support for our PhD the past two years. students. While auditing courses, visiting private collections and artist studios, and attending I hope you will take advantage of all the Institute has to offer in the coming year. From our free public lectures and contemporary art exhibitions, to special events and course offerings for those who choose to join our Connoisseurs Circle, there are many ways you can continue to be an engaged and esteemed member of our community. With the close of one year another begins, and I hope you will join me in celebrating the Institute as an internationally renowned center of excellence. Marica Vilcek Chair Board of Trustees Marica Vilcek, Chair Ex-Officiis Anne Ehrenkranz, Vice Chair Martin Dorph Stephen Lash, Chair Emeritus Katherine Fleming Sheldon H.